Tracking Cookiies

My internet security used to stop on average 7 or 8 tracking cookies every day.

Yesterday and today, not quite two full days, 257 were stopped on my new Win10. Nearly everyone had the name Microsoft in its title.

So may I ask you two questions?

(1) Should I just accept that this is now the normal way of life and not get angry with Microsoft for these intrusions?

(2) Does Windows Defenders block tracking cookies? (I have disabled it by the way.) Being cynical, may I ask if it is programmed to let through all those with Microsoft in its name?

PS I should have added that I use IE11 - not Edge